Wh have migrated vcenter 6.0 to vcsa 6.5 and later upgraded esxi 6.0 to 6.5 .
Everything working was fine but, it is last 3 to 4 days USB DONGLE KEY IS DISCONNTING FREQUENTLY FROM GUST VM. This usb have a software key for our attendence application.
Did you also upgraded the VMware Tools and VM Compatibility?
Check this vSphere Upgrade Series Part 4: Upgrading VMware Tools and VM Compatibility - VMware vSphere Blog
Thanks for your reply.
We update vmware tool allready.
We are taking support from VMware Team for the same but no luck.
vmkernal.log
WARNING: udev_submit_urb:1556: usbd_do_request_flag error USB_ERR_TIMEOUT: Failure
usb.log
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: VTHREAD initialize main thread 3 "usbArb" tid 66816
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT --- GLOBAL SETTINGS /usr/lib/vmware/settings
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT --- NON PERSISTENT (null)
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT --- HOST DEFAULTS /etc/vmware/config
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT libdir = "/usr/lib/vmware"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT authd.proxy.nfc = "vmware-hostd:ha-nfc"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT authd.proxy.nfcssl = "vmware-hostd:ha-nfcssl"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT authd.proxy.vpxa-nfcssl = "vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfcssl"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT authd.proxy.vpxa-nfc = "vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfc"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT authd.fullpath = "/sbin/authd"
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: DICT --- SITE DEFAULTS /usr/lib/vmware/config
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: USBArbRuleStore: Error in '/etc/vmware/usbarb.rules' at line 1:0, '[' or '{' expected near end of file.
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: VMware USB Arbitration Service Version 15.1.11
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Attempting to connect to existing arbitrator on /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket.
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: SOCKET creating new socket, connecting to /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: SOCKET connect failed, error 2: No such file or directory
2018-09-14T12:28:24Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Failed to connect to the existing arbitrator.
2018-09-14T12:28:45Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: UsbArbPipeConnected: Connected to client, socket:12
2018-09-14T12:28:45Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Client 67156 connected (version: 7)
2018-09-14T12:34:56Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: UsbArbPipeConnected: Connected to client, socket:13
2018-09-14T12:34:56Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Client 69443 connected (version: 7)
2018-09-14T12:36:15Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Connecting device 0x105290001 to client 69443
2018-09-14T13:07:57Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: UsbArbPipeConnected: Connected to client, socket:14
2018-09-14T13:07:57Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Client 70929 connected (version: 7)
2018-09-15T04:47:42Z usbarb[66816]: Reconnecting 105290001 to VMXXXXX
2018-09-15T04:52:36Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Closing client, error:0
2018-09-15T04:52:36Z usbarb[66816]: USBArb: Client 70929 disconnected
2018-09-15T10:36:09Z usbarb[66816]: Reconnecting 105290001 to KHVMSBIS01
Hi
Which model of dongle key you are using? And how do you use it usually? Thanks.
Which model of dongle key you are using?
Aladdin Knowledge Hardlock USB
And how do you use it usually? Thanks.
Its connected to host and we mapped to respective VM via Pass-through.
Thanks and Regrads,
Ganeshprasad Pal
Did you try to plug it out and back in again? After that map it again to the specific VM.
A list of supported USB devices: VMware Knowledge Base
Yes. But it active means connected for few hours, later disconnected.
Hi Ganeshpal
Do you still facing this issue in recently? And which is VID:PID of your USB dongle? You can get VID:PID by launching "lsusb" on ESXi console and grab the output. Thanks.
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